Roller-bearing.



H. J. MOYSEY.

ROLLER BEARING. APPLICATION FILED UPC-22. Isis.

Patented D60. 18, 1917 INVENTOR {\VITEIESSEB:

W I I B Atiorne s F y i J w W W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY JAMES MOYSEY, 0F GATESHEAD, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO AKTIEBOLAGET SVEN SKA KULLAGERFABRIKEN OF GOTTENBORG, SWEDEN, A CORPORATION OF SWEDEN.

ROLLER-BEARING.

Application filed December 22, 1916.

To all 1.0740122 it may concern:

' Be it. known that I, HENRY JAMES MoisnY, a subject of the King of England. residing at Gatcslicad, in the county of Dur ham, England, but at present in Shanghai, China, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rollerdicarings, of which the following is a specification, refcrencc being; had to the (:lrawings accompanying and forming a part thereof.

This invention consists of improvements in or relating to supporting ball or roller radial bearings and the l ke and has :lor its object to provide such a coi'istruction as will allow ii-co axial 'l'n( \'(3l1]8i'iil of the hear-- ing within the limits required Without the bearing having to exert excessive axial. thrust even ihough the speed of rotation be slow and the radial load on the hearing be the maximum allowable.

When a shaft is fitted with hall-bearings it is important that only one bearing should. be fixed against lateral movement, since if two or more on the same shaft are fixed the variation in length of the shaft at different temperatures would set up a severe axial load on some of the bearings and quickly destroy them. Heretofore it has been customary to leave the outer race ring frccto'move laterally in its housing, but under a heavy radial load the thrust required to move the hearing in its housing may be very great, unless the housing is perfect.

The preferred commercial form of the present invention in the illustrative example shown in the drawings comprises a ball bearing for radial loads and a housing in which the outer race ring is fixed and which housing is itself free to move longitudinally of the axis of the bearing to take up endwise movement without straining the bear ing or moving the outer race relatively to the housing.

Preferably the housing is supported on swinging links in the manner hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanyin drawings, in which l igure 1 1s a central longitudinal section:

Fig. 2 is an end view looking from the right-hand end in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is adetail.

The shaft which is to be supported is (limited at A, and is formed at its end with a' reduced portion A Whercon the ball or Specification of Letters Patent.

13 B. y that the links G and strut J are all of the m- Patented Doc. 18, 1917'.

Serial No. 138,490.

rollcr bearing is fitted. The bearing is preferably of the so alining type in, which the inner ring l3 iormcd with two races and the outer ring 13 is provided with a spherical surface whose center is on the center line at the michllc of the ring of the hearing. The inner ring (F-l. the l'iearing is maintained in position on the shafthy a nut B in the usual manner. l

The outer ring); B- is secured in a hOHS. .ing consisting of a lower part C and a cap or cover C which is secured in place by bolts or studs 0" in any convenient manner. The race 13 is let into a recess in the limising C C so that it is fixed and cannot move relatively to the housing. On the part C on the housing are formed lugs D D at each end, the lug D nli'cferably extending across the middle of the housing, and the lugs I) being situated one at each side as indicated in .liig. 2.

The whole housing is supported on a baseplate: E which is provided at the right-hand side in Fig. 1 with upstanding brackets E- at each side. Bridging the space between those two brackets is a pivot pin F which is let iui'o suitable hearings in the brackets and from this pin F there are suspended two links G. The lower ends of these links are connected by a pin H which lies under the lug D engaging a suitable formed bearing surface which uovidcs a support for that end of the hcmsing {l C.

At the other end of the housing there is provided a strut-member J formed with cylindrical upper and lowerends and it enthe lugs D on the underside so as to constitute a support for that end of the housing. This member is seated in suitable half-cylindrical bearing on the base E, and

the middle of its upper edge is cut away as shown in Fig. 3 to acconunodate the shaft A. Obviously, two separate struts J could be used instead, one at each Side of the housing. It will be seen that with this construction the housing is free to move longitudinally of the axis of the bearing owing to the freedom of the links G and strut J to swing. in a. plane parallel to the vertical plane which contains the longitudinal. axis of the bearin The parts are'preferably so designed same length and in their normal position are all parallel and vertical. It is also de-' sirable that they should be equidistant from the central plane of the bearing indicated at X X; This arrangement insures that the vertical height of the bearing and shaft will not be-altered for small axial movements of place there will be aslight ti ting from the construction hereinbefore vertical plane of the housin G G and of the outer face ring B but his will be no 'more than can easily be accommodated by the-spherical construction of the outer race.

It will be appreciated that since the vertical height of the center line of the bearing remains constant, axial displacement of the bearing can take place-Without the necessity I of any great. thrust being exercised, or in other Words the housing iivi'll yield readily in an axial direction with comparatively small t rusts.

It \vi be appreciated that various modifications may be made-in the construction of a housing according to this invention. Thus, for example, the precise construction of the links and their connection with the housing and bracketcan be changed to a very great degree Without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The described and illustrated, however, is preferred, for it offers several.'advantages; some of these have already been described and to them may be; added the important fact that when the housing is displaced axially of the bearing, there is no end thrust to be sustained by the bearing for the axial forces on the whole structure balance one another since the horizontal component of the tension in the link G is equal. and; opposite to the horizontal component of the compression in the strut J.

I claim as my invention:-

1. The combination with a roller bearing for radial loads, of a straight-line linkage supporting one of the race-carrying members of the said bearing.

2. The combination .with a roller bearing for radial loads, of a housing carrying the the general direction of the. axis of rotation of the bearing, the member of the linkage at one end comprising a tension link, and the member at the other end. comprising a compression link.

4. The combination with a roller bearing for radial loads, of a housing carrying the outer race of such hearing, and having sup porting faces at opposite sides of said hearing, tension links engaging one of said faces, and a strut engaging the other face, said links and strutbeing all of the same length, normally parallel one to the other, andconnected to the housing at points equidistant from the center plane of the bearing.

5. The combination with a roller bearing for radial loads, of a housing in which the outer race is fixed, and swinging links supporting the "housing and so arranged that the links and housing together constitute a \Vatts straight-line linkagef 6. The combination with a sclf-alining roller bearing for radial loads, of a housing rarryingthe outer race of such boa ring, and

swinging links supportiugthe housing and so arranged that the center of oscillation of the bearing is caused to move in a straightline.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HENRY JAMES MOYSEY. 

